Is this is good match? Would I have enough power to run these huge speakers?
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Vandersteens
The recommended power for the Vandersteens is 40 - 140 watts at 8 ohms.
The RSX-1055 puts out 75 watts per channel so you should be ok. I'm running mine with an Adcom GFA555 at 200 wpc with and RC-1070 preamp and the volume knob rarely goes past the 9:00 position.
Are you planning to use the Vandersteens for home theatre? I had mine hooked up for home theatre use at one time and ended up blowing the
rear firing bass driver twice on movie sound effects so I only use the
Vandersteens in my 2 channel setup now. I've had mine for about 10
years and i'm still happy with them.
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Thanks Joe, Man what sound! I'm glad I bought it....nothing like old school speakers.Comment
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Your 1055 should handle the Vandersteens but do not try to play them at ear splitting, block party loudness. Clipping can occur if you try to push the amp to hard to reach those sound levels. Just keep it in reasonable listening levels and it shoud do fine. Enjoy.---PhilipComment
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Thanks Philip, I will get a 2 channel amp to power these steens up down the road. Any brand suggestions?Comment
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well, I've heard something about a brand called Rotel
Marcel BComment
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Armond, I use Rotel's RB1070 to drive the Vandersteen 3A Signatures. Rotel amps are very musical and a great bang for the buck. My next upgrade will be to add a powered subwoofer. This will relieve the amp from having to power the low frequencies and that should allow the mids and highs to sound even better. I do think you will be very pleased with the Rotel/Vandersteen combination.---PhilipComment
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Thanks Philip, I'm sure the Rotel amp would sound great but I read that it may not be a good match. Either a Bryson or even an NAD would be better. Thanks.Comment
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I have Rotel RSX-1056 and RB-1080 with Vandersteen Mocedl 2Ce Signatures and VCC-1 center channel. I was alsays curious about B&W speakers but they were out of my price range and the Vandersteens are just incredible! Their design concepts are phenomenal. But i woudl very much be interested in... -
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I'm a bit confused on the technical hook up the Vandersteen 2Wq to a Rotel RSX-1065. It seems they do some sort of preamp off load to change the crossover and then back into the integrated amp. The repsonse I got for Vandersteen was:
THE 2WQ CAN ONLY BE USED WITH INTEGRATED AMPLIFIERS... -
I am in the market for a new HT setup. So far, I have been impressed by the Classe electronics and am waiting to hear the SSP-800. I heard the Classe SSP-300 paired with a set of B&W 803 S speakers and it sounded great. I also listened to the same B&W speakers with Rotel electronics - there...
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